Manaria Friends

[3][10] The series was originally announced as being written and directed by Takafumi Hoshikawa, with animation by Studio Hibari.

[13] Additionally, Hideki Okamoto directed, Satoko Sekine wrote the scripts, Minami Yoshida provided character designs, and Takashi Watanabe composed the series' music.

[13][17] Sentai Filmworks announced that they had acquired worldwide rights, excluding Asia, to the anime series.

[20][4] The series was highly appreciated by Western critics, both because of the high quality of the animation and the attractively depicted relationship between the main characters with a large number of homoerotism and lesbian subtext, which allowed Theron Martin from Anime News Network to relate this show to the best examples of the "slice of life yuri" works.

Although he agreed that overly measured telling a story might seem boring and thereby repel many viewers, Theron recommended this series to those who like to enjoy the slice of life anime or are looking for a show with a lot of yuri potential.